Rally and Homeless Memorial Vigil

Tuesday May 14, 2002, 12 noon
Church of the Holy Trinity, Trinity Sq
Beside the Eaton Centre

Six months after the federal, provincial and territorial housing ministers signed the Affordable Housing Framework Agreement in Quebec City and low-income tenants, homeless people and housing advocates are asking "Where is the Housing?"

A rally will take place on Tuesday May 14 to release a report card on the six-month anniversary of the Quebec City housing agreement. The report card will reveal the failed promised and betrayed commitments of the provincial and federal governments. The rally will include a Homeless Memorial Vigil to remember all those who have lived on the streets of Toronto, and died as a direct result of homelessness. Following the rally, participants will visit City Hall to view the poignant homelessness photo exhibit on display by photographer Christopher Bognat of the Canadian Auto Workers Union Local 112.

Confirmedspeakers at the rally include Michael Shapcott of the National Housing and Homelessness Network, Frances Sanderson of the Housing and Homelessness Network of Ontario and Anishnawbe Homes, and Rainer "DRI" Driemeyer of Tent City.

The event is sponsored by the National Housing and Homelessness Network (NHHN), the Housing and Homelessness Network of Ontario, Toronto Disaster Relief Committee (TDRC), Housing Action Now! and the Church of the Holy Trinity and is part of National Week of Action on Housing launched by the National Housing and Homelessness Network. Numerous events to commemorate the National Week of Action will be taking place across the country.

For more information, contact:

Musonda Kidd - TDRC: 416-599-8372
Michael Shapcott - NHHN: 416-605-8316

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